联合国秘书长安南在联合国安理会60周年上的发言
Kofi Annan Secretary-General's address to the 2005 World Summit
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York
September 14, 2005
Majesties, Heads of State and Government, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Two years ago, speaking from this podium, I said that we stood at a fork in the road.
I did not mean that the United Nations, marking its sixtieth anniversary this year, was in existential crisis. The Organization remains fully engaged in conflict resolution, peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance, defence of human rights, and development around the world.
No, I meant that deep divisions among Member States, and the underperformance of our collective institutions, were preventing us from coming together to meet the threats we face and seize the opportunities before us.
The clear danger was that States of all kinds might increasingly resort to self-help, leading to a proliferation of ad hoc responses that would be divisive, destabilizing, and
